Meeting with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger

Belarus
President Alexander Lukashenko said that he upholds the idea to give the OSCE a
bigger role in addressing international issues as he met with OSCE Secretary
General Thomas Greminger on 9 October.

“You can
count on our assistance and support while holding any OSCE events here in
Minsk. I absolutely support your personal determination to reform the
organization and give it a bigger say in tackling international problems. It
chimes in with our own stance and our vision of the role and place of the OSCE
in today’s world,” the Belarusian leader said.

“Belarus has
been consistently advocating dialogue. You know it and you have appreciated it.
In this complicated and controversial world, dialogue is the major means of
communication between nations, country leaders and states in general. The fact
that we gathered in Minsk today for this anti-terror conference sends a strong
message to our region. We will do anything to make this conference that is
taking place in Belarus for the first time a remarkable event that will become
a milestone not only for the OSCE,” Alexander Lukashenko noted.

The head of
state emphasized the importance of the issue of cybercrime that tops the agenda
of the international conference taking place in Minsk under the aegis of the
OSCE. “We have gathered to discuss a very important problem facing the
humankind now. For holding this event here, tremendous credit goes to you and
your secretariat. I am grateful to you for that. Terrorism, cybercrime, human
trafficking, and illegal migration – these are the issues that raise great
concern worldwide, in particular, in our region. The countries of our region
suffer from manifestation of such inhumane actions,” the president said.

Alexander
Lukashenko noted that Belarus will soon host a Munich Security Conference Core
Group meeting. “I will be glad to see you here, in Minsk, at this influential
conference where you will be able to communicate your view and hear opinions of
other experts and high-ranking officials on our common problems. I would like
to assure you that we, as always, will seek to play a meaningful role in
conflict resolution on our Eurasian continent,” the Belarusian leader note.

“The doors
of our Belarus and its capital are always open for you. Tell us what we should
do. We are ready to do more for security on our continent,” the head of state
added.